Dean Karnazes Quotes

Never give up. When your heart becomes tired, just walk with your legs - but move on.

Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.

Life is a fight for territory and once you stop fighting for what you want, what you don't want will automatically take over.

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.

Hey. Pain can last a moment, it can last a day, it can last a week, it can last a long..long time, but it can't last forever and the only thing that can last forever is if you quit.

Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage.

When you are tempted to give up, your breakthrough is probably just around the corner.

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.

Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

When running up a hill, it is all right to give up as many times as you wish-as long as your feet keep on moving.

The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven't eaten for two days you'll understand.

Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.

You just can't beat the person who never gives up.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.

The only slogan needed for all human problems is “Press on.”

With great difficulty advancing by millimeters each year, I carve a road out of the rock. For millenniums my teeth have wasted and my nails broken to get there, to the other side, to the light and the open air. And now that my hands bleed and my teeth tremble, unsure in a cavity cracked by thirst and dust, I pause and contemplate my work. I have spent the second part of my life breaking the stones, drilling the walls, smashing the doors, removing the obstacles I placed between the light and myself in the first part of my life.

Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up. We never gave in. We never became bitter. We didn't hate. We continued to press on. And that's what we're saying: There are some ups, there are some downs, and when you're not down, you must have the capacity and the ability to get up and keep going.

I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.

If all you can do is crawl, start crawling.

You've got to go through it to get to the end of it.

I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.

You can’t go the distance with too much resistance